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November 20,
2006
Marquette
General Hospital Named One of the Nation's 100 Top Cardiovascular
Hospitals
Marquette
General Hospital has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals
for Cardiovascular Care by Solucient, an information products
company serving the healthcare industry.
The annual Solucient award for cardiovascular services objectively
measures performance on key criteria at the nation's top performing
acute-care hospitals. This is the first time Marquette General
Hospital has been recognized as a 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospital.
MGH has previously been named among the 100 Top Hospitals-Stroke
and 100 Top Hospitals-Orthopaedics.
Hospitals qualifying for 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospital status
must achieve high scores in eight equally weighted performance
criteria. These criteria reflect clinical processes and outcomes,
volume, efficiency and cost for four critical cardiovascular treatment
areas: acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), congestive
heart failure, coronary artery bypass graft (heart bypass surgery),
and percutaneous coronary intervention (PTCA or angioplasty).
The 2006 Solucient 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks
for Success study appears in the Nov. 6 edition of Modern Healthcare
magazine.
Marquette General CEO Bill Nemacheck said, “For our patients
across the Upper Peninsula, this 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
designation by Solucient confirms that the cardiac care received
at MGH is second to none. Cardiac care that’s on par with
the best in the nation is available right here in the U.P. at
Marquette General. It’s a credit to the cardiologists, cardiovascular
surgeons, the Marquette General Heart Institute staff, and all
of the supporting specialists and hospital employees.”
Cardiologist Bill Jean, MD, said, “This award is based on
our performance in 2004 and 2005, and it’s a credit to all
of the Marquette General Heart Institute team members from the
Emergency Department, to the Operating Rooms, to ICU, the Cardiac
Units, Cardiac Rehab, ancillary services and the physicians involved
with those teams.”
Marquette General Heart Institute Program Director Dagmar Raica
said, “Our close monitoring and individualized care, coupled
with the training and expertise of physicians and staff allow
us to meet and exceed national best practices in cardiac care.
“Our teams of caregivers are dedicated to providing the
highest quality of care possible, and they deserve the credit
for earning this national recognition for quality,” said
Raica.
Since 1978, when heart surgery was first performed at Marquette
General, more than 13,000 percutaneous coronary interventions
(angioplasties) and approximately 8,500 heart surgeries have been
performed at Marquette General. In addition, more than 30,000
diagnostic catheterizations have been performed.
More information on the 100 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals designation
is available at www.100tophospitals.com.
For information about the Marquette General Heart Institute, go
to http://www.mgh.org/heart/heart.html.
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